Buka ea Bobeli ea Samuele

24 Jehova a boela a halefela Baiseraele+ ha e mong* a ne a susumeletsa Davida khahlanong le bona a re: “Tsamaea u e’o bala+ Baiseraele le Bajuda.”+ 2 Morena a re ho Joabe+ molaoli oa lebotho la sesole: “Ke kopa u ee malokong ’ohle a Iseraele ho tloha Dane ho ea Beersheba+ ’me u ngolise* batho e le hore ke tle ke tsebe palo ea bona.” 3 Empa Joabe a re ho morena: “E se eka Jehova Molimo oa hao a ka eketsa batho ka makhetlo a 100 ’me e se eka mahlo a hao moren’a ka a ka bona ha seo se etsahala. Empa ke hobane’ng ha u batla ho etsa ntho e tjee?”

4 Empa morena a hana ho mamela Joabe le balaoli ba lebotho la sesole. Kahoo, Joabe le balaoli ba lebotho la sesole ba tloha ka pel’a morena ba e’o ngolisa batho ba Iseraele.+ 5 Ba tšela Jordane ’me ba hloma litente Aroere+ ka lehlakoreng le letona* la motse bohareng ba khohlo* ’me ba elella ho Bagade le ho ea Jazere.+ 6 Ka mor’a moo, ba ea Gileade+ le naheng ea Tatime-hodshi eaba ba fetela Dane-jane ’me ba pota le Sidone.+ 7 Eaba ba ea motseng o sireletsehileng oa Tire+ le metseng eohle ea Baheve+ le ea Bakanana, qetellong ba fihla Beersheba+ e Negebe+ ea Juda. 8 Ba ile ba tsamaea naheng eohle ’me ba khutlela Jerusalema ka mor’a likhoeli tse robong le matsatsi a 20. 9 Joabe a fa morena palo ea batho ba neng ba ngolisitsoe. Banna ba matla ba Iseraele ba tšoarang lisabole ba ne ba le 800 000 ’me banna ba Juda ba ne ba le 500 000.+

10 Empa Davida a otloa ke letsoalo*+ ka mor’a hore a bale batho. Eaba Davida o re ho Jehova: “Ke entse sebe+ se seholo ka ho etsa ntho ena. Jehova ke kopa u ntšoarele+ hobane ke entse ka booatla.”+ 11 Ha Davida a tsoha hoseng, Jehova a re ho moprofeta Gade+ ea bonang lipono bakeng sa Davida: 12 “Tsamaea ’me u re ho Davida, ‘Jehova o re: “Ke u fa likotlo tse tharo. Ikhethele eo u e batlang.”’”+ 13 Gade a tla ho Davida a re ho eena: “Na ho tle lilemo tse supileng tsa tlala naheng ea hao?+ Kapa u qete likhoeli tse tharo u baleha u lelekisoa ke lira tsa hao?+ Kapa na ho be le lefu la seoa naheng ea hao ka matsatsi a mararo?+ Joale inahane hantle ’me u tle u mpolelle hore na ke re’ng ho ea nthomileng.” 14 Davida a re ho Gade: “Ke tšoenyehile haholo. Re kopa hore re se ke ra fuoa kotlo ke motho empa e be Jehova ea re fang kotlo+ hobane eena o mohau haholo.”+

15 Jehova a tlisa lefu la seoa+ Iseraele ho tloha hoseng ho fihlela nakong e behiloeng. Ho ile ha shoa+ batho ba 70 000 ho tloha Dane ho ea Beersheba.+ 16 Ha lengeloi le otlollela letsoho la lona Jerusalema hore le e felise, Jehova a utloa bohloko* ka lebaka la tlokotsi eo+ ’me a re ho lengeloi le neng le tl’o felisa batho: “Ho lekane! Theola letsoho la hao.” Lengeloi la Jehova le ne le le haufi le seotlo sa Arauna+ oa Mojebuse.+

17 Ha Davida a bona lengeloi le neng le bolaea batho, a re ho Jehova: “Ke ’na ea entseng sebe ’me ke ’na ea entseng phoso empa linku tsee+ tsona li entse’ng? Ke kopa hore u tlise kotlo ena ho ’na le ho ba lelapa la ntate oa ka.”+

18 Kahoo, Gade a tla ho Davida ka letsatsi leo ’me a re ho eena: “Nyoloha u e’o etsetsa Jehova aletare seotlong sa Arauna oa Mojebuse.”+ 19 Eaba Davida oa nyoloha ka mor’a hore Gade a mo bolelle seo Jehova a neng a mo laetse sona. 20 Ha Arauna a sheba tlase ’me a bona morena le bahlanka ba hae ba tla ho eena, hang-hang Arauna a tsoa ’me a inamela morena. 21 Arauna a re: “Ke hobane’ng ha moren’a ka a tlile ho mohlanka oa hae?” Davida a re: “Ho tla reka seotlo sa hao e le hore re hahele Jehova aletare hore boloetse bona bo tšoereng batho bo felisoe.”+ 22 Empa Arauna a re ho Davida: “Moren’a ka, se nke u nyehele ka seo u bonang se le molemo. Likhomo tsa nyehelo ea secheso ke tsena le selei sa ho pola le lijoko* tseo u ka li sebelisang bakeng sa patsi. 23 Morena, Arauna o u fa lintho tsena tsohle.” Eaba Arauna o re ho morena: “E se eka Jehova Molimo oa hao a ka u amohela.”

24 Leha ho le joalo, morena a re ho Arauna: “Che, ke lokela ho se reka. Nke ke ka etsetsa Jehova Molimo oa ka mahlabelo ka lintho tseo ke li fumaneng mahala.” Eaba Davida o reka seotlo le likhomo ka likotoana* tsa silevera tse 50.+ 25 Davida a hahela Jehova aletare+ moo ’me a nyehela mahlabelo a secheso le mahlabelo a kopanetsoeng. Eaba Jehova o araba kopo ea Davida bakeng sa sechaba+ ’me a felisa kotlo ea Iseraele.